(VOICE OF NAIJA)-The nominated candidate for the 2024 US election, Kamala Harris has picked Minnesota Governor, Tim Walz as her running mate.
Harris is yet to make the official announcement, however BBC’s US partner CBS News has confirmed Walz is her pick
The Minnesota Governor and former high school teacher will become vice-president if Harris beats Donald Trump in November
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Walz gained national attention for his strategy of calling Trump and JD Vance “weird”, a phrase Harris has adopted when talking about her rival
The Harris campaign will be hoping Walz’s plainspoken and small-town Midwestern persona could appeal to independent and conservative voters
The Trump-Vance campaign has issued a statement calling Walz a “dangerously liberal extremist”
Harris will officially introduce Walz as her running mate at a rally in Philadelphia tonight, then they will tour key battleground states
BBC News